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The Missing Dead by J M Dalgliesh: One murder. Three empty graves. And a secret worth killing for... The long-awaited new title in J M Dalgliesh's unmissable Misty Isles series, set on the remote and windswept Isle of Skye and starring DI Duncan McAdam. The unputdownable...
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The Missing Dead by J M Dalgliesh: One murder. Three empty graves. And a secret worth killing for...
The long-awaited new title in J M Dalgliesh's unmissable Misty Isles series, set on the remote and windswept Isle of Skye and starring DI Duncan McAdam.
The unputdownable new novel in the No.1 digital bestselling Misty Isle series, starring DI Duncan McAdam.
Some secrets can't be buried...
D.I. Duncan McAdam is called to a cemetery to investigate a desecrated grave. The deceased was the skipper of a trawler with a chequered past. Its crew all died in mysterious circumstances - one man fell to his death; the second took his own life; the third jumped from a rocky clifftop. Only one crewman remains.
When Duncan goes to interview the skipper's widow, he finds her house ransacked, blood on the floor, and a body in the boot of her car. He soon realises that everyone on board that trawler was hiding something - and it all leads back to one stormy night at sea years ago.
As the case begins to spiral, Duncan's own personal challenges with his son come back to haunt him. Can he find the only surviving crew member before it's too late? What secrets did these men take with them to their graves? And why is someone willing to kill to unearth them now?
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The Missing Dead
The Missing Dead by J M Dalgliesh: One murder. Three empty graves. And a secret worth killing for... The long-awaited new title in J M Dalgliesh's unmissable Misty Isles series, set on the remote and windswept Isle of Skye and starring DI Duncan McAdam. The unputdownable new novel in the No.1 digital bestselling Misty Isle series, starring DI Duncan McAdam....Paperback$2800Unit price /UnavailableOut 12 Jan 2027Pre-order
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ISBN: 9781837320547
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 July 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin (Transworld)
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 26.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 288g
Pages: 400
About the Author
J M Dalgliesh is an internationally bestselling author whose atmospheric, gripping mystery novels have topped the Amazon charts in the UK, US, Canada and Australia. Listed in the top 10 most-read authors of the last decade on Amazon UK, Jason has written more than 30 novels to date and is best known for his Dark Yorkshire, Hidden Norfolk and Misty Isle series, which have sold more than 4.6 million copies worldwide and been translated into multiple languages. His work is currently in development for television by an award-winning production team. Born on the south coast of England, Jason has lived in various parts of rural England and Scotland. He now resides in Norfolk with his wife and two young children. You can follow Jason on Facebook and Instagram, or sign up to his newsletter on his website: jmdalgliesh.com
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